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Mozilla explains their recent foray into advertising - A free and open internet shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy (blog.mozilla.org)

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MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Well, how did they do it in 90s-2010s? Genuinely asking. What's changed that they can no longer do this.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Netscape, which was essentially the predecessor to Mozilla, was a well funded VC-backed startup. That’s how they did it.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

and only now the investors are asking for their return? Or the investors aren't re-investing and that's the problem?

[–] ants_are_everywhere@mathstodon.xyz 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@tetris11 @GnuLinuxDude

Netscape exited to AOL in 1998. The Netscape founder Marc Andreessen has since then been a successful venture capitalist who loves cryptocurrencies and Donald Trump.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

oh dear

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